'kumquat' definitions:
Definition of 'kumquat'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp [syn: kumquat, cumquat, kumquat tree]
noun
Small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
Definition of 'kumquat'
From: GCIDE
- kumquat \kum"quat\, n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella (formerly Citrus) of the rue family (Rutaceae) (especially Citrus Japonica) growing in China and Japan bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp; also, any of the small acid, orange-colored citrus fruits of such plants, used mostly for preserves. [Also spelled cumquat.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]